A Competely Incorrect Guide to Pronouncing Philosophers

If English is your second language, you may have run across the Pronunciation Book channel on YouTube. The premise is simple, 4-10 second videos that feature proper English pronunciation of various words.

Like all good deeds, the internet immediately ruined it. Enter Pronunciation Manual, a YouTube channel that looks exactly the same as Pronunciation Book and covers many of the same words. Except everything is wrong. Hilariously wrong.

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The most important one is missing: Immanuel Kant. As a German, I cringe every time some uptight English-speaking academic pronounces his name as “Kaaaant” or as “Can’t”. His name is properly pronounced exactly as “Cunt”.